| Just started reading this book of poems, Chattanooga, by Ishmael
Reed. It's so good. Here's one called "Poison Light."
Poison Light
for J. Overstreet
Ishmael Reed
Last night
I played Kirk Douglas to
Your Burt Lancaster. Reflecting
20 years of tough guys I
Saw at the Plaza Theatre in
Buffalo, New York. I can
Roll an L like Bogart
You swagger like Wayne
Ours was a bad performance
The audience, our friends
Panned it. The box office
Hocked the producers
We must stop behaving like
The poison light we grew on
Ancient loas are stranded
They want artfare home
Our friends watch us. They
Want to hear what we say
Let's face it
My eye has come a long way
So has your tongue
They belong on a pyramid wall
Not in a slum
("Dead End"; 1937)
Reed's also underwriting a decent web-magazine that you can peruse by clicking here.
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The August Wissahickon - POETRY SPECIAL
Features the work of:
Foster Dickson
Ortisegbemi Jakpa
Aryan Kaganof
Ashok Niyogi
Lynn Strongin
Elizabeth Switaj
and AE Woods
Visit today!
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TEXAS GOVERNOR RICK PERRY CLAIMS TEXAS MAY BE "REACHING CAPACITY" FOR REFUGEES
Some quick facts...
About Texas:
- Texas is the 2nd largest state in the United States.
- Texas is larger than Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Tennessee COMBINED.
- Texas's Gross State Product is around $880 billion USD, the third largest in the United States.
- Texas's Gross State Product is greater than Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Tennessee's COMBINED GSP.
About Hurricane Katrina:
- Over 220,000 storm refugees have fled to Texas, totaling less than 1% of Texas's population.
- Katrina's damage estimates vary greatly, some are as low as $9
billion USD, others as high as $100 billion USD. The average, $30
billion USD, is about 3% of Texas's annual state income.
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